1. Apparently the bus company will be laying off its employees if they can't reach an agreement on wages by midnight. 显然，如果午夜前不能就工资问题达成协议，公交公司将解雇它的员工。
2. Most of employers are planning to cut down on wages instead of laying off employees in response to the economic depression. 为了应对经济萧条，大多数雇主正计划降低工资，而不是裁员。
3. The store where I work is laying off staff. 我工作的那家商店正在裁员。
4. Firms are not panicked into laying off workers they might otherwise have to hire back again at great cost. 企业也不必为要裁掉那些很可能得高价雇回来的员工而惊慌失措。
5. In Britain the headline unemployment number has not risen much yet but some sectors, such as builders, are laying off staff. 在英国，总体失业数字没有增长太多，但是类似建筑业这样的一些行业已经开始裁员。
